Anna
(Beggs) Mahoney
(1899-2000)
Anna M. (Beggs) Mahoney was born on April 10, 1899 in Uniontown, Fayette County, PA, the daughter of William J. and Mary Belle (Minerd) Beggs Sr. She is one of the few known cousins in our family whose life touched three centuries -- the 1800s, 1900s and 2000s.
On Sept. 30, 1916, Anna married Wilfred R. Mahoney Sr. (1896-1963), the son of Timothy and Ella (McDonald) Mahoney, natives of Northern Ireland. Anna was age 16, and Wilfred 21, at the time of marriage.
They had one son, Wilfred R. Mahoney Jr.
Greensburg's busy Main Street, looking north
Wilfred Sr. was a machinist. They resided in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA, where they were members of Our Lady of Grace Church.
When the federal census was taken in 1920, they lived on Franklin Street in Greensburg. Wilfred's widowed mother, Ella Mahoney, made her home with them. Wilfred worked that year as a railroad inspector.
By 1930, Wilfred was working as a baggage checkman on the Pennsylvania Railroad in Greensburg. Residing under their roof that year was a young niece, Ruth Nabors.
Wilfred passed away on May 20, 1963, at the age of 67.
Anna outlived him by more than 35 years. She died at age 102 on Sept. 25, 2000 in the Westmoreland Manor, Greensburg. She was buried at the Greensburg Catholic Cemetery.
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